Salomon Kalou: ‘Chelsea have the fear factor’

Salomon Kalou has warned Chelsea’s title rivals they should fear the defending champions.

Chelsea’s Ivorian forward Salomon Kalou says that their rivals should tremble at the thought of playing them (Photo: AFP/Getty)

Carlo Ancelotti ’s men won 6-0 at Wigan on Saturday after beating West Brom by the same score on the opening day of the season.

It is an ominous opening salvo and Kalou believes the rest of the league should sit up, take notice and be concerned.

‘Two games, 12 goals – we’ve started the season like we finished last year,’ said Kalou, who netted the fourth and fifth goals at Wigan with Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka (two) and summer signing Yossi Benayoun also on target.

‘Right now we are enjoying it and hopefully we will continue to play at this level. When you’re the defending champions you have to scare the other teams and that’s what we are doing. I hope that after these two games any team we play will be afraid of Chelsea.’